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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: IMF REGIONAL OFFICE <westafritac@imf-regionaloffice.org.br.ms>
Reply-To: regionaloffice_imf@skymail.mn
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:01:01 +0100
Subject: IMF INTERCEPTED FUND TRANSFER NOTIFICATION


IMF PENDING PAYMENT APPROVED
From The Desk of Mr. Wayne Mitchell (MONITORING TEAM)
African Regional Department building
International Monetary Fund (I.M.F),
www.imf.org


Dear Sir/Madam,,


It has come to our notice in our Headquarters building (I.M.F) that your
impending funds from Africa/Europe/Asia, which was intercepted, has not been
released to you ,We noticed that you made several attempts to transfer your
funds but to no avail. Our investigation continued to the African Department
(I.M.F), the monitoring team gave an unsatisfactory report to your
transaction;
hence the chairman is presently under investigation for conspiracy with your
representative with intensions to divert your funds.

You are advised to desist from contacting anyone including your agent or
representative in this regard, International Monetary Fund has taken full
responsibility to transfer your fund to you, respond to this mail by providing
your full information below:

YOUR FULL NAME:
YOUR ADDRESS:
YOUR TELE/FAX NUMBER:
YOUR OCCUPATION:
YOUR AGE:
YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT COPY OR DRIVERS LICENSE COPY ( SCANED COPY )
Regards,

Mrs. Elizebeth Wallace
Tel:00233-267-240-4510
African Regional Department Director


It has come to our notice that you have been receiving emails from
criminals who
worked for some of these vital offices where your payment was
originated saying
your atm card have been approved, compensation fund approved, federal
government
of African countries have approved funds via office of the presidency,
paymaster
general have approved fund and diplomatic delivery approved to your
favor, etc,
please don't listen to this criminals because they want to divert your
payment.
waiting your reply.







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